Advance Columbus, the community-wide strategic plan, available for viewing

Over the past year, Mayor Kristen Brown has developed the community-wide strategic plan, “Advance Columbus,” with a steering committee comprised of broad community representation, as well as, the leadership of many primary public and private organizations dedicated to serving the community.

The plan sets a long-term, shared vision for the community “to be the very best community of its size in the country.” It also outlines our community’s values, shared priorities and shared goals.

This plan is a live document that will serve as a starting point for broad-based community dialogues, quantifiable measures of success and public-private collaborations. The goal is to develop a shared vision, shared priorities, shared goals and shared solutions that offer a clear roadmap of our community’s future.

More than an initiative of the mayor or of city government, the community owns this plan and the agenda and will adapt and evolve it to ensure it continuously represents a partnership with the people for the people. We are one city with many great public and private organizations serving the community. We need one plan to most effectively marshal our limited resources for the greatest impact.

This plan provides the enormous promise of solving our most serious challenges and capitalizing on our most promising opportunities.